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DATE | 2009-07-08 |
FROM | Ron Guerin
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SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Google operating system
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From lest-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Wed Jul 8 13:10:13 2009 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id n68HAB4X018470 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:10:13 -0400 Received: (from majordomo-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id n68HAAnO018469 for hangout-outgoings; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:10:10 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: majordomo set sender to lest-hangout-at-nylxs.com using -f Received: from broadway.vnetworx.net (broadway.vnetworx.net [69.31.43.18]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id n68HA8FI018466 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:10:10 -0400 Received: (qmail 30838 invoked by uid 89); 8 Jul 2009 17:10:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.33?) (74.73.9.131) by broadway.vnetworx.net with SMTP for ; 8 Jul 2009 17:10:06 -0000 Message-ID: <4A54D2E4.90001-at-vnetworx.net> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:09:56 -0400 From: Ron Guerin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Google operating system References: <4A548879.2050806-at-gmail.com> <4A5491F1.1060403-at-vnetworx.net> <4A54995D.5090805-at-gmail.com> <4A549CFE.1080509-at-vnetworx.net> <20090708145830.GC23155-at-panix.com> In-Reply-To: <20090708145830.GC23155-at-panix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: lest-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
Ruben Safir wrote: > > What is Google's reasoning on this? I thought they were extensive users of > GNU software with a ton of Linux kernel ased servers. > Users, yes. Supporters, well you can make up your own mind about that. Google doesn't want GPL code in Android. Now I've seen some of the news about the Chrome OS, and while they're apparently not the same thing, I think Google's track record here is pretty clear.
Also we need to be clear about something else. Linux is a kernel, GNU/Linux is an operating system. Using the Linux kernel doesn't make something GNU. Chrome OS will be using the Linux kernel. But from the sounds of it, it's not going to be any more a GNU/Linux distro than Android is. Let's face it, the world didn't need Chrome OS, Linux users didn't need Chrome OS. Google needs Chrome OS, and for now I have to conclude from their patterns of behavior it's because their interests are apparently incompatible with ours, and nobody should exactly be shocked about that.
- Ron
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